Haley, who was the head coach in Kansas City for two-plus seasons before being fired in 2011, wrote "Chiefs suck!" while he was in a hotel bar the night before the Steelers' home opener.

Haley, who was the head coach in Kansas City for two-plus seasons before being fired in 2011, wrote "Chiefs suck!" while he was in a hotel bar the night before the Steelers' home opener. A picture of the napkin appeared on Deadspin.com along with a story written off an email sent by the fan.

"It was no disrespect to the Chiefs," Haley said Thursday. "I wrote what I did in jest. I've never at any time said anything negative about the team that gave me a chance to be a head coach. It was between myself and the [fan], and we laughed. That was it. There was no other incident."